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2008 WHSA Staff Affiliate Memorial Scholarships
During the 2008 Spring Quarterly, WHSA Staff Affiliate Members determined the recipients of the 2008 WHSA Staff Affiliate Memorial Scholarships. Applicants will be notified by August 31st, 2008 as to whether or not they will receive an award. Scholarship recipients will be recognized at the 2008 WHSA Fall Quarterly at the Heidel House Resort in Green Lake on Wednesday, October 22.
Please contact the WHSA office at 608-442-6879 with any questions.
WHSA Peer Management Meetings
WHSA provides a unique opportunity for Head Start management level staff to participate in training and networking in several key service areas. The peer meetings are facilitated by a selected peer from each of the service areas and take place in conjunction with the WHSA quarterly meetings.
The following service areas meet once per year:
- Disabilities Service (fall quarterly meeting)
- Early Childhood Education (fall quarterly meeting)
- ERSEA - Eligibility, Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment and Attendance (winter quarterly meeting)
- Family and Community Partnerships (spring quarterly meeting)
- Fiscal Services (summer quarterly meeting)
- Health & Nutrition (winter quarterly meeting)
- Human Resources (summer quarterly meeting)
- Technology Services (summer quarterly meeting)
- Transportation (winter quarterly meeting)
For specific meeting dates, please see the WHSA Events page.
2008 Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards
Wisconsin Early Childhood Career Guide
The US Department of Health and Human Services' Administration of Child & Families has announced the 2007 Compassion Capital Fund (CCF) grantees. The awardees include 6 Wisconsin organizations:
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha ($449,810)
A Second Chance Outreach Ministry, Milwaukee ($50,000)
Wisconsin Nazarene Compassionate Center, Milwaukee ($50,000)
United Migrant Opportunity Services, Inc. (UMOS), Milwaukee ($250,000)
High Expectations, Inc., Beaver Dam ($225,000)
and Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) of Racine County, Inc., Racine ($225,000).
The CCF helps "faith-based organizations and community organizations increase their effectiveness, enhance their ability to provide social services to serve those most in need, expand their organizations, diversify their funding sources, and create collaborations" by partnering the government and other organizations.
To learn more about the CCF, visit: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccf/.
Leading & Governing in the New Era of Head Start
May 14-16, 2008
Best Western Inn on the Park
Madison, WI
The Wisconsin Head Start Association will provide training to all interested Wisconsin Head Start and Early Head Start programs on thriving in the post-Reauthorization era of Head Start. Dr. Tim Nolan, a Head Start Director with nearly 40 years experience in Head Start management, board work, and consultancy will facilitate the event. Participants will examine the roles, responsibilities, and performance necessary for an effective board and program leadership. Dr. Nolan will focus our attention on the creation and maintenance of a sound board especially during periods of important transformational change. Bill Sullivan, ACF Region 5 (WI & MN) Team Administrator will join participants to provide an overview of reauthorization updates and risk assessment.
This training is available to Wisconsin Head Start and Early Head Start programs without a registration fee thanks to a grant for the ACF Region 5 Office of Head Start. Please access our registration materials using this link.
Strengthening Partnerships and Resources in Communities (SPARC) Literacy Training
2006-2010
The SPARC Literacy Training program was developed by the California Institute on Human Services at Sonoma State University and is funded by a grant for the Office of Head Start in the US Department of Health and Human Services. It covers the following aspects of family literacy:
child literacy development,
parent literacy development,
parent leadership in one's child's education,
and parent involvement in one's child's education.
Training is provided by the National Head Start Family Literacy Center (NHSFLC) through eight grantee leadership teams per region. Three, 3-day SPARC training opportunities take place over four years and include the development of action plans to promote family literacy.
One Wisconsin Head Start Program, Family Forum, was selected as a Region V grantee. In the spring of 2006, six Family Forum representatives went to a three day introductory training in Chicago. On August 22, 2007 Family Forum hosted its first regional one-day training at their branch office in Ashland. The training, What is Family Literacy? Strengthening Our Head Start Systems to Support Family Literacy, was presented by Melissa Valez. Ms. Valez is a nationally certified SPARC trainer and works for the Birth-3 Resource Project out of Milwaukee.
Training and Technical Assistance Specialists
Local Wisconsin T/TA Specialists Contact Info:
WENDY BOWE
500 Ernst Meyer Drive
Baraboo, WI 53919
(p) 608-355-0996
JESSICA GRASSIE
7924 Fairfield Road
Brooklyn Park, MN 55444
(p) 763-208-3613
BILL WELCH
116 Merton Avenue
Lodi, WI 53555-1423
(p) 608-592-7333
Wisconsin Seasonal and Migrant T/TA Specialist Contact Info:
SETH KOPALD
Wisconsin Tribal Program's T/TA Specialist Contact Info:
DAVID ALLEN WROBLEWSKI
12340 West Grange Avenue
Hales Corners, WI 53130
(p) 877-425-6305 or 414-425-6305
2009 WHSA Training Conference Steering Committee
2009 Conference Chair - Yolanda Winfrey
SDC-Urban Day School, Inc.
Decorations
Beverly Underwood, Chair
Renewal Unlimited, Inc.
bunderwood@renewalunlimited.net
Elaine Chrisman
Family & Child Learning Center of N.E.W., Inc.
Dawn Hamilton
UW-Oshkosh
Mary Lou Jaeger
Family & Child Learning Centers of N.E.W., Inc
Exhibits
Julie Perkovich, Chair
Sheboygan County Human Rights Association
Cathy Adelman
Sheboygan County Human Rights Association
Keynote
Carol Keintz
Dabe County Parent Council, Inc.
Marketing
Mary Anne Wieland
CESA 2/Jefferson County
Parent Involvement
Kelly Butzlaff
UW-Oshkosh
Program & Evaluation
Cathy Howe, Chair
Marathon County Child Development Agency, Inc.
Bill Welch
Region V Training/Technical Assistance Network
Yolanda Winfrey
SDC-Urban Day School, Inc.
David Allen Wroblewski
American Indian TA Network
Academy for Educational Development
Registration & Hospitality
Mary Degner, Chair
CESA 2/Jefferson County
Debbra Raether, Co-Chair
Dane County Parent Council, Inc.
April Burton
SDC-uUban Day School, Inc.
Kathy Gorrell
Comprehensive Family Services, Inc.
Latrice Robinson
SDC-Urban Day School, Inc.
Volunteers
Betty Clausen
ADVOCAP
Kelly Butzlaff
UW-Oshkosh
WHSA Staff
Shelley Cousin, Executive Director
Molly Kovarik, Assistant
2010 Conference Chair - TBD
